Hockey: The Pittsburgh Penguins swung a six-player trade...

June 18, 1989

Hockey: The Pittsburgh Penguins swung a six-player trade with Winnipeg during Saturday`s National Hockey League draft. Pittsburgh traded left wing Randy Cunneyworth, goalie Richard Tabaracci and center Dave McLlwain to the Jets for forwards Andrew McBain and Randy Gilhen and tough-guy defenseman Jim Kyte. McBain (1983) and Kyte (1982) are both former Jets` first-round draft picks. Winnipeg also swapped third-round picks with St. Louis and gave up its second-round pick in 1991 for right wing Greg Paslawski.

Also, the New Jersey Devils, in an effort to get more offense, acquired center Walt Podubbny from Quebec in exchange for center Claude Loiselle and defenseman Joe Cirella. Later in the day, the Devils sent right wing Pat Verbeek, a 46-goal scorer two years ago, to Hartford for left wing Sylvain Turgeon. The Washington Capitals acquired goalie Bob Mason from Quebec for future considerations.

- Auto racing: Bill Cooper led wire-to-wire Saturday to win the SCCA Corvette Challenge through the streets of downtown Detroit with an average speed of 64.396 miles an hour over 20 laps. It was the second straight victory for Cooper, of Novato, Calif.

- Soccer: Batata and Zoldan Meszaros each scored and assisted on other goals as the Power defeated the Milwaukee Wave 3-1 Saturday in their outdoor exhibition opener at Naperville Central High School. With the score tied at 1, David Richardson scored on a pass from Batata at 15:40 of the second half to put the Power ahead to stay. Meszaros, on an assist from Joe Pazlek, scored at 44:30 to ice the win.

- Track and field: Maricica Puica, the Romanian distance runner who won Olympic gold in the 3,000 meters in 1984 and amassed 33 gold medals in regional and international competitions, has ended her track career, the Romanian state news agency Agerpres reported. It said Puica, 39, decided to devote herself to coaching, along with her husband, Paula Ivan, and other young Romanian track talents. Puica`s career began in 1966.